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Re: All-noun langs, was: Syntaxy-Turvy

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, June 30, 2000, 8:34
At 10:59 29/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I think some of these variants would be possible even with 'zero >morphology'. >
I've heard of some languages that could use zero-copula constructions with prepositional phrases, allowing for sentences like "I to Paris" for "I go to Paris", making zero-copula sentences in fact active! So zero-copula sentences really are not restricted! I've read that this construction was possible in Russian. Am I right Vasiliy? Christophe Grandsire |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G. "Reality is just another point of view." homepage : http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr (ou : http://www.bde.espci.fr/homepages/Christophe.Grandsire/index.html)